beetle bailey – Medium

Aug 5

Join me, and Geetsly’s, in the shade, why don’tcha? We’ll tell ya how republics die … and when.

OR: “The Morbid Reasons Why the Republic Fell LONG Before the Battle of Coruscant.” ‘Murica? Ya might wanna listen up. Okay, this channel…

Republic

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Jul 23

The Cruel Ways Black Babies and Toddlers Were Treated During American Slavery Should Make You Cry

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Laura M. Quainoo

My grandmother's grandmother (dad's side) was born into enslavement.

My grandmother's grandmother (dad's side) was born into enslavement. My great-grandparents were from South Carolina, and my grandmother moved to New York during the Great Migration Era(around the same time my maternal grandparents came to NYC from the Caribbean). I never got to know my her well, but I wish…

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Jul 12

The Boring Reality Of Having A Trans Man For A Husband

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Leonora Watkins

CONGRATS to your hub <3 And this piece is BEAUTIFUL and well written. You've got a Follower in me!

CONGRATS to your hub <3 And this piece is BEAUTIFUL and well written. You've got a Follower in me! I'm forty-two and in month three of taking T. I, too, and trying to track daily changes. The only thing I've noticed physically is my mezzo-soprano has dropped to plain ol'…

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Jul 12

Outing as Transgender by Facts: Since I Can’t Bring Myself to Tell My Wife I’m Also a Woman

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A Breath of Elena

Congratulations on beginning this journey! And welcome to the community!

Congratulations on beginning this journey! And welcome to the community! I'm AFAB and I've been on T for about three months. I've been out as agender for almost six years. As trans-masc for several months--since slightly before going on T. I've told everyone who matters but for my mother. Didn't…

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Jul 3

Ohio City Cancels 4th of July Because Killer-Cops Won’t Stop Killing Black People

Herbert Dyer, Jr.

Well said. I am ... very much in my feelings about this. Always, but especially right now.

Well said. I am ... very much in my feelings about this. Always, but especially right now. *Police* ... police nothing but a corrupt system that is built and thrives on underclasses and exclusion, that are unsurprisingly pyramidal. Capital and Whiteness on top ... everything else on rungs and levels…

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Jun 24

That FULL-ASS meltdown-burnout I’ve been avoiding juuuuust happened.

And it happened on my Tumblr dash. I saw this post (usernames redacted): Is this the depth of our First World society? Is it really? And, yeah, I get the POV of people who can say this … but how are THEY not saying the other parts. The obvious and…

Covid 19

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That FULL-ASS meltdown-burnout I’ve been avoiding juuuuust happened.

Jun 21

An Absolute White Stranger Decided To Racistly Police My Neighborhood

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Rebecca Stevens A.

Exactly. Well thought and well expressed.

Exactly. Well thought and well expressed. Notice, that it brought out the gaslighting racists, like flies around ... what passes for a racist's understanding of biology, history, current events, and ethics. If the racists were not pushing back against your words and truth, you'd likely not be doing it right…

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If the racists were not pushing back against your words and truth, you'd likely not be doing it right…

Jun 12

Not Another Coming Out-Essay???

Yeah, another coming out-essay. Shared this on my FB, for reasons that are quickly obvious. But your AFAB AYYYY-Fab!!! Bug thought they’d share it here, too … even though I kind of already (over-)share much of this in my About. Wazzup? Been thinking for week about how to tell folks…

Lgbtqia

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May 19

THE WHITE 5: These are the 5 Movies That F***ed Up White People’s Minds

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David Saint Vincent

FANTASTIC article and examinations of films considered iconic by US majority culture.

FANTASTIC article and examinations of films considered iconic by US majority culture. Myself ... I found The Godfather uninteresting and an example of petty criminals being jumped up as if they're anything more than that. It was like Capitalism for Dumb-Asses. Not at all compelling, to me. I made myself…

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May 13

Cake or Death

Or, “Thoughts On Why Some Folks Might Want to Shut That Bitch-Ass Mouth About Voting … Respectfully.” Well. Maybe not so respectfully. I stumbled across this series of posts in my Tumblr-dash (names redacted to protect the ig’nant):

Voter Suppression

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